diff --git a/.appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
index 6cac2d38..d98619a2 100644
--- a/.appveyor.yml
+++ b/.appveyor.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 version: 3.6-dev_{build}
 clone_depth: 10
 install:
-  - c:\msys64\usr\bin\sh.exe -lc "pacman -S --noconfirm mingw-w64-x86_64-openssl"
+  - c:\msys64\usr\bin\sh.exe -lc "update-core"
+  - c:\msys64\usr\bin\sh.exe -lc "pacman -Syu --noconfirm"
   - c:\msys64\usr\bin\sh.exe -lc "echo 'Building on:'"
   - c:\msys64\usr\bin\sh.exe -lc "uname -a"
   - c:\msys64\usr\bin\sh.exe -lc "cat /proc/cpuinfo"
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ install:
   - ps: Push-AppveyorArtifact cygcheck.log
 build_script:
   - c:\msys64\usr\bin\sh.exe -lc "cd $APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER; ./autogen.sh < /dev/null"
-  - c:\msys64\usr\bin\sh.exe -lc "cd $APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER; env CC=/mingw64/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc.exe ./configure --prefix=$APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER/build --enable-openssl=/mingw64 < /dev/null"
+  - c:\msys64\usr\bin\sh.exe -lc "cd $APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER; env CC=/mingw64/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc.exe ./configure --prefix=c:/projects/charybdis/build --enable-openssl=/mingw64 < /dev/null"
   - c:\msys64\usr\bin\sh.exe -lc "cd $APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER; make -j2 < /dev/null"
   - c:\msys64\usr\bin\sh.exe -lc "cd $APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER; make install < /dev/null"
   - c:\msys64\usr\bin\sh.exe -lc "cd $APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER/build/bin; ./charybdis -version"